THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-15310
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2019-15310

Linkplay vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
8.3%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered on various devices via the Linkplay firmware. There is WAN remote code execution without user interaction. An attacker could retrieve the AWS key from the firmware and obtain full control over Linkplay's AWS estate, including S3 buckets containing device firmware. When combined with an OS command injection vulnerability within the XML Parsing logic of the firmware update process, an attacker would be able to gain code execution on any device that attempted to update. Note that by default all devices tested had automatic updates enabled.
Affected vendor
Linkplay
Affected product
Linkplay
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-78 — OS Command Injection
  • CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Published
2020-07-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-15310

  • Confirm whether Linkplay Linkplay is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-15310.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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